Authorities on Sunday withdrew eight Ansar members hours after two workers were killed and 10 others injured in a shootout at the Akij Bidi Factory Ltd in the district.
Ansar's Kushtia Sadar Adjutant Hossain Ali confirmed their withdrawal order four hours after the shootout took place at the factory at Hosenabad in the district's Doulatpur upazila.
"Eight on-duty Ansars have been withdrawn for opening fire on a demonstration. Measures will be taken on the issue following investigation," he told .
Two workers were killed and three others were bullet-hit as the Ansar members opened fire around 1:30pm while workers of the bidi factory were demonstration demanding a raise in their salary and payment of their arrears.
Police said the deceased were identified as 'Mintu', 38, and 'Raqibul' 22. The three bullet injured are 'Poresh', 'Humayun' and 'Moni'.
Doctors declared Mintu and Raqibul dead around 2pm at the Upazila Health Complex after they were taken there. The injured were also being treated there.
Daulatpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sheikh Lutfar Rahman told bdnews24.com the Ansar members opened fire as the agitation was 'going out of control'.
The factory's workers' leader Sukhen Sarker, however, told, "Some outsiders attacked our peaceful demonstration. Shots were fired from inside the factory gate when the workers protested. Two were killed."
He demanded justice along with compensations for the victims.
Earlier, Ansar's Kushtia District Commandant Shah Alam had claimed the on-duty Ansars had shot in the air to disperse the agitating workers following 'order of the Bidi factory manager to tame the situation'.
Though he had rejected that the workers were killed by the bullets shot by Ansars, they were withdrawn in the afternoon.
Shah Alam had said the workers joined their pre-scheduled rally carrying 'sharp weapons' and became 'furious' at one point of negotiation with their employer over pay hike.
Meanwhile, Kushtia Superintendent of Police Mofizz Uddin Ahmed and other high level officials visited the scene in the afternoon.
Mofiz Uddin said the situation was under control and additional police forces have been deployed to avoid any untoward situations.
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